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geerlingguyyesterday at 2:22 PM2 repliesview on HN

GPS uses atomic clocks, not sure why we'd need something more precise for a timing reference on any other satellite system, unless you wanted to get like millimeter-level accuracy using nothing but satellites (and that would require a lot more than just a better clock on the sats).


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plasticchrisyesterday at 2:36 PM

The clocks aren’t even the biggest source of error in the pseudo ranges.

oneshteinyesterday at 6:11 PM

With nuclear clocks, GPS will be unnecessary.